Using different types of visual reaction time measurements for assessing cognitive difficulties in depression.

There is a need for objective, easy and relatively short methods to diagnose cognition in depression. We have constructed a set of simple visual tasks using three different ways of speed measuring: paper-pencil-based, computer-based, and eye-tracking based. We used a single case design with 22 participants.

Visual pathway function in untreated individuals with major depression.

Background: Major depression (MD) is the one of the most debilitating diseases, affecting millions of people all around the world.

Objectives: To establish visual pathway function in untreated individuals with MD.

Material And Methods: In 29 untreated, newly diagnosed, ophthalmologically asymptomatic individuals (58 eyes) with MD (mean age: 47.